/*
   Copyright 2009 Abdulla Abdurakhmanov (abdulla@latestbit.com)
   Original sources are available at www.latestbit.com

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/

package org.latestbit.smartobjects.network;

import org.latestbit.smartobjects.exceptions.SmartBusSystemException;

/**
 * Factory interface provides access to all available endpoint coordinator implementations
 * @author abdulla-a
 */
public interface IEndpointCoordinatorFactory {
	/**
	 * Creates default coordinator
	 * @return coordinator implementation
	 */
	IEndpointCoordinator createDefaultCoordinator();
	
	/**
	 * Gets default coordinator implementation name
	 * @return coordinator implementation name
	 */
	String getDefaultCoordinatorName();
	
	/**
	 * Creates the coordinator by the specified name
	 * @param name coordinator name
	 * @return coordinator implementation
	 * @throws SmartBusSystemException
	 */
	IEndpointCoordinator createCoordinator(String name) throws SmartBusSystemException;	
}
